MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
a division of the
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

Troop G - 1226 W. Bus. 60/63, Willow Springs, MO 65793


News Release

For further information please contact: Sergeant Jeff Kinder
(417) 469-3121, ext. 3735
G-10141
October 20, 2014'

EMPHASIS: Alton Police Officer Killed in Motor Vehicle Crash


On October 20, 2014, at 11:56 am, Alton Police Officer Eddie Joe Johnson Jr., 45, of Alton, Missouri, was responding to a residential structure fire six miles west of Alton on U.S. Highway 160, when his patrol vehicle ran off the left side of the road, struck a driveway approach, and overturned several times ejecting him. Officer Johnson was taken to Ozarks Medical Center in West Plains, where he was pronounced dead at 1:05 pm.

Officer Johnson was a nine-year veteran of the Alton Missouri Police Department. He was also the Alton fire chief and a reserve deputy for Oregon County. He is survived by his wife and three children. The crash is being investigated by the Missouri State Highway Patrol's Major Crash Investigation Unit.

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